White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (44)
- Subspecies (7)
Denis Summers-Smith and Arnau Bonan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 23, 2013
Text last updated December 23, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Parosi i dëborës |
| Armenian | Ձյան ճնճղուկ |
| Asturian | Pardal alpín |
| Azerbaijani | Alp qarsərçəsi |
| Basque | Elur-txonta |
| Bulgarian | Снежна чинка |
| Catalan | pardal d'ala blanca |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白斑翅雪雀 |
| Croatian | snježni vrabac |
| Czech | pěnkavák sněžný |
| Danish | Snefinke |
| Dutch | Sneeuwvink |
| English | White-winged Snowfinch |
| English (United States) | White-winged Snowfinch |
| Estonian | lumevarblane |
| Finnish | lumivarpunen |
| French | Niverolle alpine |
| French (Canada) | Niverolle alpine |
| Galician | Pardal alpino |
| Georgian | მეთოვლია |
| German | Schneesperling |
| Greek | Χιονόστρουθος |
| Hebrew | שלגית ההרים |
| Hungarian | Havasipinty |
| Icelandic | Snæspör |
| Italian | Fringuello alpino |
| Japanese | ユキスズメ |
| Latvian | Alpu sniedze |
| Lithuanian | Baltasparnė sniegstartė |
| Mongolian | Цасны божрог |
| Norwegian | fjellspurv |
| Persian | گنجشک برفی |
| Polish | śnieżka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pardal-alpino |
| Romanian | Cinghiță alpină |
| Russian | Снежный вьюрок |
| Serbian | Planinski vrabac |
| Slovak | snehárka vrchovská |
| Slovenian | Planinski vrabec |
| Spanish | Gorrión Alpino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gorrión alpino |
| Swedish | snöfink |
| Turkish | Kar Serçesi |
| Ukrainian | Горобець сніговий |
Montifringilla nivalis (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla nivalis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.321.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Switzerland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- MONTIFRINGILLA
- montifringilla
- nivalis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-winged Snowfinch
Map last updated 30 October 2023.
